The Damage Countdown is one of the special events where you are 1v1 against an invincible boss. The aim is to cause as much damage as possible with 1:30 minutes.
As with most other special events there are Event Buffs which give you a boost against the boss. (At time of writing) the Event Buffs will either give you +30% Damage or +30% Attack Speed depending on which (or both) of the featured equipment.
Depending on your starting Battle XP, you will begin with one or two perks, selected as usual in the opening room. Thereafter, two perk options appear on either side of the map, and you have 10 seconds to choose. Once selected, a 5-second delay begins before the next pair is offered.
Each time you take damage, you will lose some damage chips (depending on how many chips you have acquired - the more you own, the more you lose).
The damage chips you acquire can be spent in the event shop on a variety of items (at time of writing) the options are:
• 1 random item (tier 1 - 5)
• 2 random items (tier 4-5) at a reduced price
• 1 gun kit
• 1 tinkering tool
• 1 tailoring kit
• Rainbow materials
My personal recommendations of this selection are the three upgrade kits first then depending on how many damage chips you have left, the highest tiered items you can afford. Just bear in mind that you may not get the item you are after especially if you own a lot of different equipment as the loot pool becomes more diluted.
Here is an example of one of my Damage Countdown runs. In this example, I deal 379.47m damage:
